Hi, my name is Angran Li (李昂然). I am currently a PhD candidate in sociology at University of Connecticut. I am also a research database manager at York University and a research assistant at Data, Equity and Policy in Education (DEPE) Lab of Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at University of Toronto.

My research interests lie in social stratification/inequality, sociology of education, urban sociology, higher education, quantitative methods, and Chinese studies. Broadly defined, my work seeks to examine the mechanisms through which social, spatial, and temporal contexts shape various individual outcomes. In particular, I study how various social settings (e.g., schools, communities, neighborhoods, and families), independently or jointly, influence parental practices and educational outcomes. I explore how those relationships affect intergenerational transmission of advantages/disadvantages across social locations from a comparative perspective. I am also interested in causal inference based on rigorous research design with a focus on using big data in social science research. My recent substantive research has been published in the Sociology of Education and Social Currents.

Please feel free to email me at angran.li@uconn.edu if you would like know any more information.